You got me, I would have said REAL untill the photo loaded down to track level.
Paint your rail and ties a sort of muddy gray/brown, add some fine grade ballast and you could trick a bunch of us all the way to the bottom of the photo.
I know, I was just tring to be positive on the forum. I had a newer modeler tell me that the forums are just filled with peoples problems[:(] I told him they are filled with peoples answers to their problems.
And Yes alot of my rail is weathered and many shots I dress up the ballast better. But It was cold and I was just out railfanning with the camera as the trains were running. Always looking for a new angle.[;)][:D]
At first I thought this should have been posted over at the Trains.com forum. Then I woke up a little more and realized it was a shot of your layout. Very well done. Really fooled me…
As for problem filled forums…always remember what the prophet John said.
“There are no problems, only solutions”…Thats John Lennon BTW